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Descendants of John Curtis (Curtice) Sr.

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1814. Mary Beatrice Curtis (Curtice)

Mary Beatrice Curtis Rudy Richardson

I was born the oldest child of Gideon Daniel Curtis and Mary

Elizabeth Bennett Curtis , O ct 17, 1898 at Vernal, Uintah, Utah. I was

blessed and baptized in The Church of Jesus Ch ris t of Latter Day

Saints. From my earliest childhood I attended church and received great j

oy i n doing my small part in the church. In my early childhood my

parents homesteaded a far m on t he Uintah Indian Reservation. It was a

pioneer life, the Indians at times were hostile . My fa ther and

grandfather journeyed from Vernal to the reservation and built us a one

roo m log cab in and pitched two tents for my grandfather on his

homestead, joining them together , boardin g up the sides to make it

higher and putting in board floors, making it quite livab le. That f irst

year I stayed in Vernal with my Grandmother Curtis and attended school.

Tha t seemed lik e the longest year of my life. I loved Grandma dearly

but I got so homesick fo r my parents an d brothers and sisters. I was a

mighty happy little girl when I came home fro m school one nig ht and

found Mother waiting there to take me home with her.The next year m y

brother Cecil an d myself walked to and from school each day 5 miles

through snow and storm s. Our school was o ne room with students from

kindergarten to 8th grade. Each year our schoo l conditions bettere d,

and the last two years of my schooling a fine schoolhouse was built o n

the corner of Grand pa Bennett's farm. It had two nice big rooms and we

were really proud o f it. It seemed lik e a mansion to us. Grandpa built

a nice large one room church on the sam e corner of his farm , which

served as church and dance hall. He had moved a two room house f rom Ft.

Duchesne on t his corner and had the first P.O. in his home and it was

called the Ben nett P.O. He was Bisho p, carpenter, blacksmith, flour

mill worker, undertaker, councilor an d friend to all white an d Indian

alike. Anyone in need always found Grandpa Bennett willin g to help. He

worked earl y and late, prospered, and had the finest farm in the county.

Non e ever left his door hungry . The community was named Bennett in his

honor. At the age of 1 6 I married Lloyd Rudy who wa s raised in Vernal

Indian Reservation as I was. We married Apri l 28, 1915, in Vernal, by

Reub en Clark. Coming back to the old Rudy homestead, me trying t o cook

for the farm hands while G randpa Rudy taught school. He taught for 34

years.

I found it a very hard job for a young girl that hadn't much

experience in cooking. My me a ls just didn't seem to turn out like my

Mothers. In less than a year our first child was bo rn , a fine boy. We

thought the finest ever, we named him Walter Lloyd. He was blessed by hi

s Gr eat Grandfather Bennett, he is now the Father of two sons and a

daughter. I was a ver y prou d and happy Mother, life seemed almost

complete. When on Dec 3, 1917 a beautiful littl e gir l come to our home,

we named her Lula Beatrice. She is now married and the mother o f 6

childr en living in Salt Lake. When she was a year old I took very ill.

After being admin istered t o several times by Grandpa Rudy I was rushed

to Roosevelt and had an emergency oper ation whic h seemed to be the

start of my long life of illness and surgery. In 1918 we move d to Lehi,

Ut ah to join my parents. In Nov, 1919 my third child, a son, was born,

named Arth ur Phillip wh o is now the Father of 4 children. In 1921 we

moved to American Fork, Utah, whe re in Sept.. 1 921 our fourth child, a

son was born. It was in the next spring after a sever e spell of flu w e

nearly lost this child. We carried him on a pillow for nearly a year afte

r the doctor had t old us they could'nt do any more for him I knew God

spared his life throug h constant prayer a nd administering, we named him

Daniel Karl. He has one child. It was at t his time my brothe r Avery

came home from the mountains with typhoid fever and nearly died.

My brave Mother nursed him through this ordeal. All my other brothers and

sisters had typho i d later, which she nursed alone and at the same time

took care of my Father who was sufferi n g and later died of cancer. The

following Oct I gave birth to a lovely little girl, my 5t h ch ild. Due

to the ordeal I went through the past year, she wasn't ever well. My

husband ca me t o California to get work , leaving me still in American

Fork, Utah with 5 little childre n, th e eldest was 7 years old. My baby

took pneumonia and I had to call him home. As soon a s she w as well

enough to travel he took us with him to Calantie, Nevada, where he was

workin g on th e railroad. While there in March my husband had a dream

that our baby died and we ha d to bur y her on the side of the hill. So

early the next morning we made preparations to lea ve ther e and go to

California. My husband couldn't seem to erase that dream from his mind. W

hen we a rrived in San Bernardino our baby was very ill. I walked the

floor all night to kee p her fro m crying and disturbing the household.

Next morning early I thought we would fin d a house an d get settled, as

my husband had a job on the railroad, but he put us all in th e car with

th e announcement we were moving on to Los Angeles.

That was the most beautiful ride I ever took, but my heart was heavy

knowing my baby was i l l and going to a strange place knowing no one.

When we arrived in Los Angeles we stopped t o g et hamburgers, while

waiting my husband asked the waitress if she knew of a vacant hous e whic

h she did and directed us in the next block. We moved in the apt. and I

started doctor ing m y baby. I asked the landlord if he knew of any

Mormons there and he said that he did, t hat th ey had a friend in the

next block that was a Mormon. He went and got her, she was a sw eet ol d

lady and she directed us to the Huntington Park Ward not far from us that

had just b een org anized. My husband went and got the bishop and he

administered to our baby. The Elde rs cam e several times but she kept

getting worse. We took her to the hospital where she die d the th ird of

May at the age of six months. She was buried in the beautiful Rosedale

Cemete ry. My hu sband found immediate employment.

We began to prosper, bought a nice little home in Huntington Park where

in Nov. 1925 our six t h child a boy was born, Donald Roger who now has 2

children. Our 7th child Gerald Robert w a s born on Mothers day May 12,

1928. It was then the depression was starting and my husban d de cided we

better leave Los Angeles. Having learned the plastering trade, we went to

Fresn o fo r two years. He kept busy but we decided to move on to San

Jose, California where we arr ive d April 1930. When on Dec. 16, 1930,

another little girl was born, Mary Alice, now the mo the r of 2 children.

October 23, 1932 our 9th child a boy John Howard was born.

One year later Dec 14, 1933, another little girl, our 10th, Nona Gwen was

born. In Dec 193 6 w e took our family to Mesa, Arizona and had our

temple work done. We managed to find tim e to d o our church work. I

worked mostly in the primary while daddy worked in the Sunday Sch ool an

d Priesthood, he getting calls all hours of the night to go administer to

the sick. Ma y 13, 1 937 our 11th child a son Fredrick Curtis was born.

When he was one year old we decide d to mov e back to Los Angeles, but it

proved to be a big mistake. In a year we moved back t o San Jos e where

we have lived ever since. Arriving on Oct. 30, 1938.

On Jan 23, 1939 our 12th child, a little girl Afton Eileen weighing 12

lbs 9 oz arrived. T h e following year we built a beautiful new home.

While cleaning the ceiling I fell nearly ki ll ing myself in the fall. My

husband rushed me to the hospital where I was operated on havin g m y

gall bladder removed. Six months latter I was operated on having tumors

removed. The n ex t few years were the saddest memories of my life. War

broke out and my sons were called t o wa r. Karl the third son was the

first to leave, he being the eldest son without any chil dren . 29 Oct

1942 he left for short training, while in training his father took sick.

In Fe b o f 1943 after an operation and two months in the hospital we

brought him home. The thir d da y he dropped dead of heart failure. Karl

was brought home for the funeral leaving the ne xt da y for the

embarkation center. He had a perilous journey across being under fire

from th e enem y many times. He was in the Italian and African campaigns.

29 Oct. 1943 Walter joine d the nav y, he was in almost all the invasions

of the Pacific.

In December of 1943 Arthur was inducted in the army. He served in the

Philippines. January 1 9 44 Donald joined the army serving in Okinawa.

Robert joined the Navy in January of 1945, se rv ing in the South

Pacific. God has greatly blessed me. My six sons all returned to me and t

hei r families. After going through the horrors of war some received

wounds, Arthur came hom e wit h Malaria. John is still in the service on

Guam. I had six sons, two son-in-laws, one s tep-so n in the service. I

have had 12 children and 18 grandchildren. Sep 13, 1945 I marrie d Don C

R ichardson of a fine big Mormon family, of Ogden, Utah.

Another chapter has been added to this story, My husband Don died very

suddenly Wed. morni n g 10 May 1950 with a heart attack. My son John

being out at sea 1 hour on his way oversea s t o serve his country,

having joined the army in Nov 1949. This left me again a widow wit h thre

e minor children and it seemed like the final blow but I realized I must

keep on livin g for t he sake of my children who needed me. Withe the

help and blessings of my Heavenly Fat her I ha ve managed to provide and

keep our home together.

Josiah Lloyd Rudy

LDS Baptism: 3 Aug 1902
LDS Endowment: 1 Dec 1936 ARIZO
LDS Sealing Child: 1 Jun 1898 SLAKE

Marquis De Lafayette Perry (Parry)

Father: Stephen Chadwick PERRY (AFN:1FVM-X2) Family

Mother: Mary BOGGS (AFN:1K4P-SM)

3 children whose information is private

1822. William Price Fullmer (Follmer) Jr.

Sources of Information: Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah p. 882

Family home Wallsberg, Utah.

Moved to Wallsburg 1903.

Member 76th Quorum seventies. high priest; bishop Wallsburg ward 1911;

counselor in Mutual ; p resident elders' quorum.

Superintendent Mapleton ditch and water distribution; superintendent road

construction.

Planted and raised first sugar beets.

Farmer; rancher and stock raiser.

Edward Harvey Perry (Parry)

Father: Stephen Chadwick PERRY (AFN:1FVM-X2) Family

Mother: Mary BOGGS (AFN:1K4P-SM)

4 children whose information is private

Cecil Mayhew Gibbons

They had 4 children whos information is private

2357. Thora Almeda Curtis

SEALED TO SPOUSE 15 MAY 1979 MT
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2358. Boyd Wallace Curtis

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2359. Nelda Fern Curtis

NELDA FERN CURTIS DIED AS A CHILD ACCORDING TO THE FAMILY GROUP RECORD

OBTAINED FROM FAMIL Y H ISTORY CENTER 5/97 BY V. BLOXHAM

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2360. Vivian Louise Curtis

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2363. Nyles Rodney Curtis

Uncle Rodney was a delightful, friendly man. He served in the military

during the second wor l d war and unfortunately became an alcoholic. The

last time I saw his home was in Salt Lak e Ci ty when I went with Aunt

Vera (Jacobsen) to his home to gather some things as he had bee n pu t

into the VA hospital...shortly thereafter he died. His home was a

disaster of filth... he di ed an unhappy man I think

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2366. James Calvin Curtis

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1873. Etta Curtis (Curtice)